Against the backdrop of a worldwide energy crisis, the global nuclear market may be seeing a renaissance with growing interest in nuclear energy.
Sceptics are being compelled to rethink the trade-off calculus of nuclear power for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, which prompted countries to postpone or phase out nuclear power. The nuclear option is again being seen as a way of boosting a nation’s energy autonomy and its ability to weather the volatility caused by unpredictable Russian gas supplies.
The new geopolitics of nuclear power
States may be looking to build or restore nuclear plants, but they will need to bypass Chinese and Russian sector dominance, says Sung-Mi Kim.
The World Today
Published 29 September 2022 — 2 minute READ
Image — Workers of Dukovany nuclear power plant dressed in radiation protection suits during a nuclear accident exercise in 2013. Image: MICHAL CIZEK/AFP via Getty Images.
